Wilson Lumpkin papers


Descriptive Summary
Title: Wilson Lumpkin papers
Creator: Lumpkin, Wilson, 1783-1870
Inclusive Dates: 1828-1869, 1908-1969
Bulk Dates: 1828-1869
Language(s): English
Extent: 2 folder(s)
Collection Number: ms659
Repository: Hargrett Library

Collection Description

Historical Note

Wilson Lumpkin (1783-1870), politician, U.S. Representative (1815-1817, 1827-1831), Georgia Governor (1831-1835), United States Commissioner to execute the Cherokee Treaty of 1835, and U.S. Senate (1837-1841).

For more information, see the article Wilson Lumpkin (1783-1870) in the New Georgia Encyclopedia and his congressional biography.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of papers of Wilson Lumpkin from 1828-1869. The papers consist mainly of personal correspondence (1828-1859) from Lumpkin to his wife, Annis Hopkins Lumpkin, and children written from Washington, D.C. while he was serving as a U.S. Representative and Senator and during his involvement with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The collection also includes a "memorandum" notebook (1838-1869) in which Lumpkin recorded a few diary entries, genealogical notes, recollections of his childhood and political career, and lists of slave births. The collection included a broadside, Letter from Ex-Governor Lumpkin (BRO 1860 L4), which has been added to the broadside collection.

Organization and Arrangement

Correspondence predominantly arranged in chronological order.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Wilson Lumpkin papers, ms659, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2014.

General Notes

Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.